The Editors put the MPEG-4 FA standard against the historical background of research on facial animation and model-based coding, and gives a brief history of the development of the standard itself. The last part of the book provides several examples of applications using MPEG-4 FA standard. This will be useful for companies implementing products and services associated with new standards, researchers in several domains related to facial animation, as well as wider technical audience interested in new technologies and applications. Key people involved in the standardization process of the contributors to the book provides several examples of applications using standard MPEG-4 Facial Animation, including video and analysis of this speech will be a reference for THE MPEG-4 Facial Animation Aids understanding of reasoning behind the standard specification, how it works and what the potential applications Provide an overview of technology directly related to standards and implementation of Essential reading for industry and research community, especially engineers, researchers and developers.